Dame Rachel Griffith | |
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Born | Rachel Susan Griffith 16 May 1963 |
Nationality | British–American |
Academic career | |
Field | Economics |
Institutions | University of Manchester Institute for Fiscal Studies Royal Economic Society |
Alma mater | University of Keele |
Awards | Brigit Grodal Award 2014 |
Information at IDEAS / RePEc | |
Notes | |
Dame Rachel Susan Griffith DBE FBA FAcSS (born 16 May 1963[1]) is a British-American academic and educator. She is professor of economics at the University of Manchester[2] and a research director at the Institute for Fiscal Studies.[3]
Griffith was president of the European Economic Association for 2015,[4][5] making her the first woman to hold the position.[6] She was also joint managing editor of The Economic Journal between 2011 and 2017.[7]
Griffith holds both UK and US citizenship.[1]